tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post5106381780402572188..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: 'Life Unexpected' review - Sepinwall on TVAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-61719234930452088942010-01-24T12:53:50.602-05:002010-01-24T12:53:50.602-05:00Imamarilyn said: Many of the lines the birth mothe...Imamarilyn said: <i>Many of the lines the birth mother had were too glib and the character was not believable.</i><br /><br />Imamarilyn, I'm curious why you think Cate isn't believable. I found her very believable.Maurahttp://occasionalblond.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-64337372163462073302010-01-23T19:26:20.458-05:002010-01-23T19:26:20.458-05:00As I started watching and heard it was set in Port...As I started watching and heard it was set in Portland, Oregon, I got excited. But, of course, it's actually filmed in B.C. Oh well. If CW puts the episodes up on its website I will watch, but I fear it's just the pilot that is up there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33428552523232590052010-01-23T16:29:19.337-05:002010-01-23T16:29:19.337-05:00Lux is an awesome character. The You Tube scene wi...Lux is an awesome character. The You Tube scene with her and the birth dad was cute. Many of the lines the birth mother had were too glib and the character was not believable. Maybe future episodes will be better.<br /><br />And yes, Lux is 16 and her birth mother is 32. I agree not a stretch, as Anonymous at 3:54 says.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705788002352470163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75630551219209474392010-01-21T10:19:33.116-05:002010-01-21T10:19:33.116-05:00I like it, great cast and very heartwarming, looki...I like it, great cast and very heartwarming, looking forward how the maiden season plays out, I hope it succeeds so CW would get to their senses and stop producing slutty shows, Gossip Girl is enoughforg/jecouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425297400304281063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-36442059997741209092010-01-20T14:22:02.276-05:002010-01-20T14:22:02.276-05:00This show has had more ads for it than any TV show...This show has had more ads for it than any TV show that I have seen. It is a great show so far. The plot is a great idea. It is a common practice for children on TV to be played by people older than what they play. Lux may be a new name now, but wait until all these parents name their babies, Lux. Good Lux with this show.Chuckhttp://www.phifoundation.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-34191090407686965262010-01-19T21:44:17.055-05:002010-01-19T21:44:17.055-05:00I really loved it. It did an excellent job of gett...I really loved it. It did an excellent job of getting to the essential truth of being a birth mother. I was surprised that it's so realistic, while still managing to be a good show in general. It was a little hard to watch some scenes, but, overall, I was mighty impressed. I'll continue to watch it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-13829954718806909022010-01-19T15:37:29.337-05:002010-01-19T15:37:29.337-05:00Just had to laugh that the show's creator want...Just had to laugh that the show's creator wanted to skip "the diapering-changing and other early childhood stuff and just have a teenage daughter..." Oh, the sweet innocence of those who have never raised a teenager - especially a teenage girl! I'm still chuckling to myself.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254396603571143471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67489849029088537812010-01-19T07:33:25.882-05:002010-01-19T07:33:25.882-05:00Meh. It felt warm and fuzzy but I think I'm j...Meh. It felt warm and fuzzy but I think I'm just grown too cynical to appreciate the warm and fuzzy anymore. Plus I am still bitter about the way Gilmore Girls ended that I resent the CW hyping this show as Just Like Gilmore Girls!<br /><br />It's better than most of what's on the CW but that's not saying alot.Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51492569365515537872010-01-19T01:14:24.183-05:002010-01-19T01:14:24.183-05:00i gave up taping tonight's ep of heroes for it...i gave up taping tonight's ep of heroes for it--so i'm hoping it's at least decent---(figured i can always see heroes on demand where its been for this entire season so far) had to run into the other room to switch the channel from chuck (which i was taping to get this) while flipping between cbs sitcoms and 24...easier to do then it sounds believe it or not.<br /><br />if the show is decent it might make a good stopgap between chuck and castle---if not at least there's always 24....on a slightly related note---I miss when Tuesday nights were full of network shows worth watching. (just three or four short years ago you could go from Gilmore Girls to House to NYPD Blue back to back to back....hell last spring you could go from Reaper to Fringe to Without A Trace back to back to back---now you're pretty much stuck with NCIS--cause that's the only game in town at 8-- Melrose Place vs ncis la at 9 and The Good Wife vs forgotten abc drama at 10---jeebus networks i know you're tues night reality is highly lucrative for you but good lord do tuesday nights suck for people who don't care about reality tv.Matt S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-7367736843236744992010-01-18T23:42:42.341-05:002010-01-18T23:42:42.341-05:00Thoroughly enjoyed this show way more than I expec...Thoroughly enjoyed this show way more than I expected<br /><br />Maybe, like Alan, it's simply due to my longing for a classic WB dramedy but hands down this show just hit the spot<br /><br />I agree with everyone else about the unrealistic-ness of it... but really, are you going to argue that anything about Stars Hallow (or for that matter rowing a boat up a creek all alone at night) was realistic?rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-12823848717862833722010-01-18T22:27:49.878-05:002010-01-18T22:27:49.878-05:00I liked it. I'll keep watching and see where i...I liked it. I'll keep watching and see where it goes...Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024186205791001584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-459914213363481652010-01-18T20:02:10.813-05:002010-01-18T20:02:10.813-05:00I'm always happy to see Appleby get some work....I'm always happy to see Appleby get some work. I really liked her on Roswell, but some of the hardcore Roswell fans did not seem to like her at all. I think she's generally a solid actress. I even liked her little bit in Charlie Wilson's War.Larry McGillicuddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907320963547114422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-49073433199922626372010-01-18T19:54:00.382-05:002010-01-18T19:54:00.382-05:00Not sure how this movie works as a TV show. At lea...Not sure how this movie works as a TV show. At least from the commercial I saw on... HULU! ...its initial draw and premise is pretty much done in three shows tops. Better have some damn good writers than can continue to make this interesting to those viewers (read: not me) who start watching it.Miss Micahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32436364064254985812010-01-18T15:54:46.485-05:002010-01-18T15:54:46.485-05:00Appleby's character had the baby when she was ...Appleby's character had the baby when she was a teenager. That's why she gave her up for adoption. Appleby is supposed to be around 32 and Robertson around 16. Neither of those ages is a stretch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51816072257321334472010-01-18T13:23:38.900-05:002010-01-18T13:23:38.900-05:00I'm just assuming that Appleby's character...I'm just assuming that Appleby's character had her daughter at a very young age. Also, from what I've seen, Robertson does look around 16. I can live with that.<br /><br />Very much looking forward to the show.<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder, Alan. My head's all full of the 3rd and 4th hours of "24" being on tonight, so everything else is blocked out.Maurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301288188119355801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-37658072643750507822010-01-18T12:04:44.744-05:002010-01-18T12:04:44.744-05:00Steph, I feel your pain-I'm several yrs. older...Steph, I feel your pain-I'm several yrs. older than you so I know what you are talking about.<br />This show has gotten some good buzz so I'm going to give it a shot. <br />Sometimes, I have to say stop when a laundry list of shows pile up on the DVR and I don't have time to watch. <br /> <br />Age disparity can be distracting. I did notice that mother and daughter look much closer in age in the previews.JanieJonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35921427468895442462010-01-18T11:42:48.822-05:002010-01-18T11:42:48.822-05:00@ Alan: Thanks and yes, very true. (No more absurd...@ Alan: Thanks and yes, very true. (No more absurd than Drea DeMateo's supposed son on Joey). Makes sense, though one of the promo stills made me wonder if they were supposed to be sisters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75997349472529843422010-01-18T11:18:31.477-05:002010-01-18T11:18:31.477-05:00I'm looking forward to this one, even though I...I'm looking forward to this one, even though I know it's going to make me - at 34 - feel old. Back when Gilmore Girls was on I was at more of an in-between age as a viewer. Now I'm fully older than the parents of a teen characters. Yeesh.Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024186205791001584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67757228283676703772010-01-18T10:52:21.768-05:002010-01-18T10:52:21.768-05:00My biggest issue with the show is the name of the ...My biggest issue with the show is the name of the main character. Lux? Really? To quote Joey from Friends, "That's not a name. It's barely even a word."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-63877529289439463912010-01-18T10:34:06.361-05:002010-01-18T10:34:06.361-05:00You, it often happens that I see Alan post about a...You, it often happens that I see Alan post about a new show that I hadn't heard of that I forgot about and I think, "Hey that sounds interesting, let me check it out on Hulu". Occasionally these shows make it into my regular DVR rotation.<br /><br />But, of course, CW doesn't do Hulu. They don't even post many episodes on their own website. <br /><br />Oh well, whatever.Chuchundrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816400814788703687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-11054375139057399222010-01-18T10:04:47.354-05:002010-01-18T10:04:47.354-05:00Maybe it's because I'm kind of close in ag...Maybe it's because I'm kind of close in age (or because Birttany Robertson looks to be in her mid-20s), but the age fudge is really distracting in the commercials.Only Menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-12460142766106470942010-01-18T09:59:11.301-05:002010-01-18T09:59:11.301-05:00Robertson's playing 16, and Appleby's play...Robertson's playing 16, and Appleby's playing 32 or 33, I guess. Not the first time an actor's age has been fudged before for the sake of plot logic.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-45954669200806815682010-01-18T09:39:06.541-05:002010-01-18T09:39:06.541-05:00Do they address how OLD the mother is supposed to ...Do they address how OLD the mother is supposed to be? via imdb, Shiri Appleby is only 31. Birttany Robertson, the girl playing her daughter, is 19! <br /><br />Really? This just seems distracting largely because Appleby looks pretty young for her age and Robertson looks,well, more like a 20 year old than a 16 year old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-76528784734754476822010-01-18T09:31:18.623-05:002010-01-18T09:31:18.623-05:00I've heard good things about this. My biggest...I've heard good things about this. My biggest objection, though, is it running on Monday nights. My TiVo gets a work out on Mondays.Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760396392766842671noreply@blogger.com